Circles Of Care | The Care Board

Care Providers

Care Providers are individuals who deliver care, whether through paid (formal) or unpaid (informal) labor. This includes professionals like nurses, teachers, and home health aides, as well as family members, friends, and community members. Both formal and informal caregivers play a critical role in meeting daily care needs.

Time Spent Each Day

Number of hours the total population spends per day providing care and in non-care activities.

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definitions

Mothers: Women aged 18 and over with at least one own child under the age of 18 living in their household. This classification includes biological, adoptive, and stepmothers and excludes women whose children live elsewhere.

Non-Mothers: Women aged 18 and over who do not have any own child living in their household. This includes women with own children who live elsewhere.

Fathers: Men aged 18 and over with at least one own child under the age of 18 living in their household. This classification includes biological, adoptive, and stepfathers and excludes men whose children live elsewhere.

Non-Fathers: Men aged 18 and over who do not have any own child living in their household. This includes men with own children who live elsewhere.

Shaping Care Provision

Formal and informal care markets are fundamental to both our economic and social well-being. Care work enables individuals to participate in the formal labor force, sustain families, and invest in future generations, but its value extends far beyond economic measures. Care fosters social cohesion and enhances quality of life for both caregivers and recipients. A circle of care is what makes the world go around.

Total hours of care provision, formal and informal, provided each day by care occupations and activities.

Total Care Hours

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